Italy-England and the Spoon

I am sure you are aware that the Euro 2012 is going on. No, not that Euro (currency), the football thing. Foorball (in the US: soccer) is the second most important religion in Italy. Italy beat England ai rigori (penalties). A penalty-goal by player Pirlo created a massive buzz over the coolness of the player — it was a rather unusual shot for a penalty, and it really takes a lot of courage to do so. Anyway, the gist is that the type of shoot is called “cucchiaio“, literally “spoon“. If you watch it here you will understand why… the shape of the trajectory.